Training high school and college students, advisers and professors as well as professional journalists for more than 20 years.

Let's grow your newsroom, expand your skills.

Media Now

Students and advisers, give your program a boost over the summer by attending Media Now. We bring some of the best advisers and professional journalists together to prepare your program with most relevant and innovative skills for the new year. We've also got on-demand online training available year-round. Check it out at MediaNow.Press.

JEA Digital Media

Since 2009 Aaron has chaired the Journalism Education Association's Digital media Committee. The committee is charged with helping students and advisers with the digital journeys. They focus on maintaining JEAdigitalmedia.org with weekly updates. There you'll find tips for everything from managing social media editing with Adobe products.

Journalism Textbook

In conjunction with H.L. Hall and Megan Fromm, we've updated this textbook for your classroom use. The book covers everything from Interviewing and Design to Sports Writing and Careers in Journalism. There are also chapters on Yearbook Copy and Managing a News Website. You can order you class copies here through Rosen Publishing.

Have we met?

I've spent my career focused on helping student journalists and advisers grow in the media field with progressive thinking and fearless leadership, as well as a willingness to guide them and their programs to move forward with success.

Aaron Manfull is in his 24th year of advising student media. He is currently the Director of Student Media at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Missouri. He is the Journalism Education Association Digital Media Chair and co-Director of Media Now.

He created The Next 26 and is a former Dow Jones News Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year. He is one of the authors of the textbook “Student Journalism and Media Literacy.” You can find him on Twitter @manfull and Instagram @manfull.


Throughout the years, Manfull has provided training to everyone from high school students and advisers to college journalists and professionals -- focusing his energies mostly on Leadership Work, Digital Media Skills, and Advising Publications.

 

He’s a proud father. A transplanted Iowan. And an avid Hawkeye and Cubs fan.


Looking for a resume? Download it here. 


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Want to be added to my email list? Fill out the form below. You'll get the latest with JEA Digital Media and Media Now, as well as other resources and opportunities I come across. If you're looking for some specific help feel free to reach out directly via email or let's connect on Twitter (@manfull).

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